Alaska Highway Dream: Route to Untouched Northland Wonderlands
A travel feature extols the Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek to Whitehorse and Lake Tagish to Ben-My-Chree. It highlights rugged scenery, frontier amenities, and historic sites, inviting readers aboard Pony Cruiser buses or personal cars for a transformative journey through glaciers, rivers, and vast forests.
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Praire
Alaska
Alaska Highway
Dawson Creek
Whitehorse
Canadian Rockies
Arctic Ocean
Bering Sea
Why Elderly Move From Hometown To Cities In Retirement
Social services in Toronto note more seniors relocate to large cities for retirement. Despite ties to hometown churches lodges and post office boxes many migrate for reasons unknown. Researchers seek the missing link explaining these moves as they age.
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Toronto
Somone
Scientists to Use Bikini Lagoon as Summer Lab
A 40 man science team will visit Bikini atoll for the summer to study long term effects of atomic blasts on life and materials in a dedicated lagoon laboratory setting.
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Washington
Bikini Lagoon
Smile of the Week and the Graduation Gift Surprise
A man buys a fountain pen as a graduation gift for his son. The clerk notes the pen is part of a surprise, while the father jokes about expecting a convertible coupe as the gift.
Auto Changes Bermuda
Bermuda reports a shift toward motor vehicles as the colony expands air services and road traffic grows. With the Monarch out of service, the Queen of Bermuda may resume New York runs, while tourists flock by air or small ships. About 1,600 motorized vehicles and 210 carriages now operate amid rising demand and crowded roads.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
mid-Atlantic
New York
Monarch
England
Furness Bermuda
Baltimore
United States Agrees to Ship Ammunition to China
Washington reports the United States will transfer 130000000 rounds of surplus rifle ammunition to Chiang Kai-shek's forces. The move supports China’s military needs during the conflict era.
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United States
China
Washington
Chiang Kai-shek
U S AIDS TURKEY to Modernize Turkish Army
The United States plans to sign an agreement with Turkey within days for a 100 million dollar modernization of the Turkish army. The accord aims to upgrade equipment and training to strengthen military capacity in the region.
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Washington
United States
Turkey
Rangers sign Laurie Thompson for training camp
The New York Rangers sign Laurie Thompson a defenseman from the Winnipeg Monarchs junior team who will attend the Lake Placid training camp. Also noted British PGA rejects Ryder Cup resumption and schedules, while Jimmy Skinner to coach Windsor Spitfires next season and Abe Yanofsky dominates Canadian chess.
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New York Rangers
Laurie Thompson
Winnipeg Monarchs
Ranger
Lake Placid
New York
Jimmy Skinner
Winnipeg
Omaha Knights
United States Hockey League
Wil
Windsor Spitfires
Canada’s Path to Autonomy and Global Roles
A concise historical summary tracing Canada’s 1867 confederation, territorial expansion north and west, and Atlantic to Arctic reach. It notes 1926-27 shifts in UK-Canada communication, the rise of High Commissioners, and postwar diplomacy including missions to Germany and Japan.
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Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Canada
Hudson's Bay Company
Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon District
Northwest Territories
Prince Edward Island
Arctic Archipelago
British Commonwealth of Nations
Atlantic Seaboard
North Atlantic
British Isles
France
Germany
U.S.S.R
United Kingdom
Ottawa
Berlin
Tokyo
Helpful Hints For Household Care In An Old Guide
Practical tips cover vitamin C in cabbage and fabric upkeep. Guidance includes trimming selvage from ready made curtains, reviving limp celery by soaking in water with a potato fragment, and regular washer maintenance including lint removal, interior washing, drying, and leaving the washer cover ajar between uses.
Austria Sees Two Million Shoes This Year
Relief program aims to produce two million shoes in Austria this year enough for each third citizen to get a first post war pair. After two prior years of halted production the industry rebounds with renewed output and distribution plans.
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Austria
Norway Land Use Reveals Little Cultivation Amid Forests
Only 38 percent of Norway's land is cultivated, with the remainder classified as unproductive forest or woodland. This balance highlights limited arable areas and heavy forest cover shaping agriculture and development.
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Norway
Bottlenecks In Housing Ease Up
Reports from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics show April production rises for nails, washing machines, and electric refrigerators, signaling easing bottlenecks in post war housing. Steel wire and fencing output climbs, while the pace of new dwelling units remains weak with only 5,263 starts in 242 municipalities covering about 66 percent of the population.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Women Are Best Ladder Climbers at Home Safety Talk
Safety experts at the 26th annual Massachusetts conference say women are better adapted for ladder work as men face higher injury risk. They cite data showing every fifth man in homes injures himself on ladders while women incur fewer injuries due to greater caution and agility.
One Step At A Time Life-Saving Scout and Guard
A short verse encourages steady progress in overcoming a mighty task. It emphasizes daily effort, small gains, and persistence until daunting goals become plain. The piece closes with the morale boost from a Life-Saving Scout and Guard attribution.
Crochet Pinwheel Doilies Pattern 7254 Ad
Crochet enthusiasts invited to obtain pattern 7254 for two doilies in No 30 cotton. Small 13 inch and large 21 inch sizes illustrated with charts and photos, complete directions for easy needle work. Send twenty five cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue East Winnipeg Man with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
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Aika
Dawson City
Ben-My-Chree
Yukon
Kiondyke
Peace River
Tuthi
Carcross
Lake Tagis
West Taku Arm
Ben-My- Chree
Otto Partridge
White Pass
Manx
Bikini
U.S
Ance
British Professional Golfers Association
PGA
London
British Boxing Board of Control
Canadian National Exhibition
Alberta Bicycle Men's Association
Ethan Compton
Calgary
Delaware Park
Del
Joseph E. McCullough
Gull Lake
Sask
Firebet
McCullough
Rex Leavitt
Cardston
Alta
Herbert C. Boorse
Leavitt
Ted Clarke
Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo
Mr. Clarke
Valentine
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